So perhaps, before the summer is over, I will have one or two in my garden. They would definitely add variety to my back yard decor and make a great conversation piece. Also, my family and friends will be aware that I have a butterfly-friendly garden. Lastly, I think a beautiful butterfly house would lend a bit of mystique to my garden.
In summary, I believe all gardeners should reserve the right to make their own decisions about placing a butterfly house in their garden. If the butterfly can fly free with its wings of irridescent color, gardeners should be allowed to do the same. Don't you agree?
A word of caution. If you are using or planning to use a butterfly house, you should be watchful of "unfriendly" inhabitants taking up residence in it. Be forewarned that placing overripe fruit or nectar inside the house to attract butterflies may bring more bees than "butters" to visit or hibernate! People have also found spiders, wasps, ants, flies, and a variety of other noxious insects residing in them.
I invite your comments about the use of butterfly houses or hibernation boxes. Through sharing information and experiences, we will all learn more about the magic of the mystical butterfly.
Please don't hesitate to begin a new discussion below, or join in an ongoing one about the joys of your butterfly gardening efforts. Sharing with readers everywhere is a great way for those of us who love butterflies and hummingbirds to keep learning more and more! Until next time, keep those "flying flowers" flying and those hummers humming.
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Mar 31, 1999 6:08 PM
you got me on some of those annuals! sounds like you will definitely have a colorful annual garden this year!! please take pics....I have to get to the garden center to pick up some annual seeds..Hope ...
-- posted by terri_in_pa
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Mar 30, 1999 3:46 PM
If your "spring" has been like ours here on the West coast, it's just so cold again, and usually my peonies are at least 6-8 inches out of the ground by now. Not so this year -- I can see the tips of ...
-- posted by Naomi_Mathews
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Mar 30, 1999 4:27 AM
i was out checking all the flower beds yesterday...and the last thing i checked was the butterfly bushes i transplanted...Every year i cut them down and do realize that they do take awhile to "come al ...
-- posted by terri_in_pa
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Mar 27, 1999 9:52 PM
I have never heard of morels...dont even know what they are! Please tell me more about them...at any rate..the mushroom soil comes from mushroom farms just south of here...I guess when the soil has e ...
-- posted by terri_in_pa
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Mar 27, 1999 2:37 PM
About those butterfly bushes. I couldn't find any here, and didn't want to wait for a special order, so I skated the easy way out for my "pot" garden. Delphiniums, columbines, lupines, fuchias, firefl ...
-- posted by Sarah_Sunn
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